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A massive photon in a strong magnetic field: Generation and decay channels

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The conditions for the formation of an effective photon mass in a strong magnetic field are considered. It is shown that massless photons are sterile. The channels γ* → e+e− and γ* → vivi for the decay of a massive photon and their possible contribution to the mechanism of energy losses by collapsing astrophysical objects are discussed.

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Moscow State Industrial University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 35–39, February, 1997.

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Skobelev, V.V. A massive photon in a strong magnetic field: Generation and decay channels. Russ Phys J 40, 149–153 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02806182

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